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Green, Madeleine F. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In fall 2013, The Teagle Foundation issued an RFP inviting selected institutions and organizations to apply for grants that addressed the following question: "How can faculty work together to create a more coherent and intentional curriculum whose goals, pathways, and outcomes are clear to students and other constituencies with a stake in the…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Curriculum Development, Grants, Curriculum Implementation
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Acharya, Sushil; Manohar, Priyadarshan A.; Wu, Peter Y. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
Software Verification and Validation (SV&V) is proven to be an effective approach to ensure software quality. Yet it is not commonly deployed in industry practices. We started a project intent on building a sustainable community skilled in SV&V. The fundamental objective is the transformation of undergraduate education in software…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Undergraduate Study, School Business Relationship
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Guthrie, Kathy L.; Bovio, Becka – Journal of College and Character, 2014
In working to develop undergraduate student leadership capacity, Florida State University created the Undergraduate Certificate in Leadership Studies. This program, grounded in leadership theory and framed by a seamless learning model, has been influential in development of student leadership perceptions and capacity. This article addresses the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Leadership Training, Student Leadership
DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
Mark Van Doren, the noted literary scholar, once remarked, "The college is meaningless without a curriculum, but it is more so when it has one that is meaningless." Many current critics of undergraduate curricula in America assent to the crucial need for programmatic renewal in our colleges and universities. They bemoan the cookie-cutter…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, General Education
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Mantell-Seidel, Andrea – Journal of Dance Education, 2007
This article describes the Dancing across Disciplines (DAD) project (1998-2002), which the author conceived in the idealism of the potential of dance and music as the great levelers, in the promise of the celebration of difference through rhythm and song, funded by a $225,000, three-year grant from the US Department of Education's Fund for the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Curriculum, Dance Education
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Gordon, Jack D. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
Suggests that legislative involvement in community college operations stems from fiscal responsibility. Describes the structure of higher education in Florida and the development of the College Level Academic Skills Test. Discusses the adoption and results of the Gordon Rule, which establishes English and mathematics requirements for the first two…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
State Univ. System of Florida, Tallahassee. – 1979
Mission statements of state universities in Florida are presented, as are statements of each school's interest in new academic programs and data for each university. The institutional statements were drafted in connection with systemwide planning guidelines by the Florida Board of Regents. Following each university role and scope summary are lists…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Planning, College Programs, College Role
State Univ. System of Florida, Tallahassee. – 1979
Proposals of state universities in Florida developed in accordance with 1978 Systemwide Policy Guidelines are presented. The first section of the institutional statement was developed at the institution's discretion without format or content requirements and generally includes information such as a description of the historical development of the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Planning, College Programs, College Role
Ashburn, Robert; And Others – 1981
These three papers discuss the role of Florida's community colleges in developing training programs for mental health service employees in the state. Following introductory material, Robert Ashburn presents an overview of the Unit Treatment Rehabilitation (UTR) training program, which was designed to improve the quality of mental health care in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Mehallis, Mantha Vlahos – 1980
The development and validation of an employer-centered action system for curriculum development and evaluation are described. The system used a descriptive/action research design whereby a research team interviewed all major employers in Broward County Florida in a two-year period. Results of an employer needs assessment and task analyses were…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Miner, Norris – 1979
Past events, present conditions, and future possibilities provide the context for this examination of the direct or indirect control of college curricula by governmental agencies. The paper first notes that while external management may be resented by educators who are entrenched in the status quo, government intervention into college instruction…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accrediting Agencies, College Curriculum, College Role
Coleman, Daniel R.; Bolte, John R. – 1988
The quest for excellence in American higher education has been accompanied by the implementation of basic skills requirements and the corresponding assessment programs. Assessment results could provide feedback for curricular improvement, although they are frequently used as indicators of institutional quality. A study is presented that compared…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Black Students, College Curriculum